[EAS] National WEA Test?

[Adrienne Abbott]

>From today's Daily Digest:

 

1.                   In this Order, the Public Safety and Homeland Security
Bureau (Bureau) of the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) grants
a limited waiver of the Commission’s Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) rules
to permit Participating Commercial Mobile Service (CMS) Providers[1] to
participate in an end-to-end WEA test that the Government of the District of
Columbia Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency (HSEMA) proposes
to conduct on June 22, 2019, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), with
a backup test scheduled for June 23, 2019, at 11:00 a.m. EDT, within a
targeted area in the District of Columbia.[2]  For the reasons discussed
below, we grant the HSEMA request, subject to certain conditions. 

Adrienne

 

Adrienne Abbott, W6BCY

Nevada EAS Chair